We're not sure if this entirely intentional, but the grill — derived from a photograph of a now-destroyed sixteenth-century mosque — suggests some pretty terrifying (though aesthetically pleasing) security at the obscured airport.

Ingrid Calame's From #210 Drawing (Tracings up to the L.A. River) defies Jackson Pollock's chance-driven splatter method by taking its inspiration from specific graffiti and paint spills found on city streets.

This densely packed tropical panorama by German video artist Marcel Odenbach, doesn't owe its wisps and branches to an Old Master technique or a wide-format camera lens. Nope, they're crumpled-up newspapers.